Urbain Braems

Urbain Braems (10 November 1933 – 9 September 2021) was a Belgian football player and manager.^[1]

Date of birth (1933-11-10)10 November 1933

Place of birth Zottegem, Belgium

Date of death 9 September 2021(2021-09-09) (aged 87)

Place of death Zottegem, Belgium

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Urbain Braems

Personal information
Date of birth	(1933-11-10)10 November 1933
Place of birth	Zottegem, Belgium
Date of death	9 September 2021(2021-09-09) (aged 87)
Place of death	Zottegem, Belgium
Position	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1950–1955	K.S.V. Sottegem
1955–1956	Racing Mechelen	27	(6)
1956–1957	Club Brugge	29	(13)
1957–1960	Daring Club Bruxelles	33	(12)
1960–1962	KSK Halle
Total		89	(31)
Managerial career
1967–1972	Cercle Brugge
1972–1973	Royal Antwerp
1973–1975	Anderlecht
1975–1978	Beveren
1978–1979	Lokeren
1979–1981	Anderlecht
1981–1985	Beveren
1985–1988	Panionios
1988–1989	Standard de Liège
1989–1992	Trabzonspor
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

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He played for K.S.V. Sottegem, K.R.C. Mechelen, Club Brugge and Daring Club Bruxelles.^[2]

He managed Cercle Brugge,^[3] Royal Antwerp, Anderlecht, Beveren, Lokeren, Standard de Liège, Panionios^[4][5] and Trabzonspor.^[6]

Urbain Braems became Belgian national champion with Anderlecht in 1974 and with Beveren in 1984. In 1989, he moved to Trabzonspor together with his former Beveren goalkeeper Jean-Marie Pfaff.^[7] Braems ended his managerial career in 1992, after winning the Turkish Cup with the club.^[8]

Urbain Braems died in his hometown Zottegem in 2021, aged 87.^[9]